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I believe that what you do with ALL your Heart n Soul is done with Lots of Love and should be shared. LOVE to share recipes that I made with LOVE so you can share with your family and friends. I also post giveaways that I entered and you can enter them so you can WIN!!! I love entering giveaways and winning is even better!!!

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a double boiler over simmering water, melt bittersweet chocolate and butter. Stir in brown sugar and vanilla. Take off heat. Add eggs and mix thoroughly. Add flour, cocoa and salt, mixing until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips.

Pour batter into an 8-inch square pan. Bake until a toothpick or knife inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs sticking to it, 20 to 25 minutes.

Notes: Double boilers are great for gently melting chocolate, but if you don't have a double boiler there is another method that uses common kitchen equipment. Put chopped chocolate in a small metal bowl along with any other ingredient you need to melt, such as butter. In a large frying pan over high heat, bring about one inch of water to a low boil. Take pan off the heat and set the bowl in the water. Let sit, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted, 5 to 10 minutes.

In a large bowl, toss beef with 3 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper. In a large pot over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add enough beef to pot to form a single layer (about 1/3 of beef), being careful not to overcrowd pot. Brown meat on all sides, about 7 minutes total per batch. Transfer to a large bowl and brown remaining 2 batches. If meat or pan juices start to scorch, reduce heat.

About 40 minutes before serving, make dumplings: In a medium bowl, stir together 2 cups flour, green onions, 3/4 teaspoon salt and baking soda. Using a pastry blender or your fingers, work cold butter into flour mixture until it resembles cornmeal with pea-size pieces. In another bowl whisk together buttermilk and egg. Gently fold wet ingredients into dry, mixing until a very shaggy dough forms. If more liquid is needed, add additional buttermilk 1 tablespoon at a time. Gently form dough into 12 equal balls and drop into stew. Cover pot and cook 20 to 30 minutes, or until dumplings are fluffy and cooked through. Let sit 15 minutes before serving; stew will thicken as it cools.

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Cut ciabatta in half lengthwise. Spread bottom half with tapennade. Drizzle cut side of top half with vinegar and oil.

Arrange salami on top of tapenade, followed by cold cuts, prosciutto, mozzarella, red pepper and basil. Sprinkle with pepper to taste and place top half of loaf on filling.

Wrap sandwich throughly with plastic wrap. Place a heavy cutting board or other flat object on top of sandwich and weight it down with a 2 to 4 lb. weight (such as a large pot or six-pack of soda) Let sit 30 minutes to 2 hours. Unwrap, cut into eighths and serve.

YIELD: Makes 8 servings

TUNA with PICO de GALLO

1 can (6 oz) solid white tuna packed in water

1 Roma tomato, rinsed, seeded and chopped

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves

3 tablespoons lime juice

1/3 cup minced red onion

2 fresh serrano chiles or other small chiles, rinsed, stemmed, seeded and minced

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 leaves of lettuce, rinsed and patted dry

2 sandwich rolls, split in half

Drain tuna well, flake into a bowl with a fork. Stir in tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice, onion, chiles and salt.

Place lettuce leaf on sandwich roll bottom, mound tuna equally on lettuce and set tops in place.

YIELDS: 2 sandwiches

BBT (BACON BASIL TOMATO) SANDWICH

ciabatta bread or crusty roll

mayonnaise

4 to 6 large fresh basil leaves

4 to 6 slices firm ripe tomatoes

salt and pepper to taste

2 slices crisp-cooked bacon

Split a piece ( 3 - 1/2 by 5 - inch) of ciabatta bread or a crusty roll in half lengthwise. Toast lightly. Spread cut sides generously with mayonnaise. Cover bottom half with basil leaves and a thick layer of tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with bacon. Cap with top half of ciabatta or crusty roll.

In another bowl with a mixer, beat to blend sugar, oil, egg whites, vanilla and water. Add flour mixture, stir to mix, then beat until batter is smooth, Scrape batter into prepared pan.

Bake in a 350 F oven until cake begins to pull from pan sides and springs back when lightly pressed in center, 35 to 40 minutes.

Let cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Run a thin knife between cake and pan rim, invert cake onto a rack, lift off pan and gently pull off and discard waxed paper. Let cool about 1 hour. Invert a flat plate onto cake; hold rack and plate together, turn cake over onto plate. Spread cake with whipped frosting, swirling with small spatula. Lightly dust with more cocoa.

WHIPPED FROSTING

1 large egg white

1/2 cup sugar

2 tablespoons water

1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Use a double boiler, or snugly nest a 2 to 3 quart metal bowl in a 2 to 3 quart pan. Add 1 - inch water to base of double boiler or pan. Bring to boiling over high heat.

Meanwhile, in a double boiler top or bowl, combine egg white, sugar, water and cream of tarter. Beat with a portable mixer until blended. Nest over boiling water, immediately reduce heat to maintain a gentle simmer. With mixer on medium speed, beat icing until it holds peaks that curve slightly, 5 to 7 minutes (overcooked icing gets grainy).

At once, remove icing from water. Mix in vanilla. Set pan or bowl in cool water to stop cooking and cover airtight.

Set a 12 - inch frying pan with 2 - inch tall sides or a 5 to 6 quart pan over medium-high heat. When hot, add oil and tilt pan to coat bottom. Add chicken in a single layer and turn as needed to brown on both sides, 10 to 12 minutes total, ( if necessary, brown in two batches, adding 1 more tablespoon oil if needed). Transfer to a plate.

Add onion, garlic and jalapeno chiles to pan; stir often until onion is limp, about 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and add rice; stir often until rice is opaque, about 3 minutes. Add broth, tomatoes (including juices) and corn. Bring to a boil over high heat.

Lay chicken pieces slightly apart in pan. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until rice is tender to bite and chicken is longer pink at the bone (cut to test), 25 to 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cilantro and salt to taste.

Combine 1/2 cup salsa and sour cream in a small bowl and spread evenly over each tortilla. Divide chicken, tomato. bell pepper and onion evenly down center of each tortilla and roll up. Place rolls seam down, in a 11 x 7 inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. top with remaining 1/2 cup of salsa. Bake at 350 F for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheese melts.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

My sweetheart of a friend Sugar over at Vanillastrawberryspringfields just gave me this Fabulous Award! THANKS SUGAR!!! She celebrates the gift of life with joy and laughter today and ever after! Loves good food that is delicious and rich!!!

The Fabulous Sugar Doll Blogger Award—Rules

1. Post the AWARD.

2. Don't forget to mention the person who gave you the AWARD.

3. Tag and distribute the AWARD to 10 Fabulous Sugar Dolls.

4. Write 10 fabulous things about yourself that you want to share with other Fabulous Sugar Dolls.

5. Don’t forget to notify the your Fabulous Sugar Dolls about their AWARD and post a link to their blog.

Here are my 10 things I want to share about myself.

1. I started my blog eight months ago and never really thought it would be this much fun or that anyone would be interested in it. I believe that what you do with all your Heart n' Soul is done with Lots of Love and should be shared with others.

2. Sharing recipes that my family loves with all my blog friends to share with their family is fun and exciting.

3. Getting WONDERFUL!!! recipes from all my blog friends that they have made for their family and friends, so I can share with my family and friends.

4. I love and enjoy cooking.

5. Having my family together for Sunday meals after going to Church together.

6. Watching football and cheering for my favorite team the Indianapolis Colts.

7. Being a Rosary Maker at my Church and send the rosaries we make to other countries.

8. Making jewelry for myself and my family.

9. Creating new recipes.

10. Most important of all is Loving Jesus with all my Heart N Soul, because without him I am nothing and could do nothing.

I have made so many FABULOUS!!! friends in the pass eight months and would really like to give each one of them this FABULOUS AWARD!!! I just want to say a GREAT BIG THANK YOU!!! to all of you for each of your WONDERFUL!!! comments and following my blog.

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I love doing things for the people I love. I believe that what you do with all your heart n' soul should be shared with the ones you love. I enjoy cooking, baking and taking care of the people that have a specail place in my heart.